Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

मुच्यते पातकैः सर्वैराजन्म मरणांतिकैः

Transliteration

mucyate pātakaiḥ sarvairājanma maraṇāṃtikaiḥ

Translation

He is freed from all sins—those accumulated from birth up to the very end of death.

Word by Word

• mucyate: is freed
• mucyate: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (passive sense: ‘is freed’)

• pātakaiḥ: from sins
• pātakaiḥ: Apadana (Separation/अपादान; ‘from sins’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (Instrumental); बहुवचन

• sarvaiḥ: all
• sarvaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (Instrumental); बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying pātakaiḥ)

• ā-janma: from birth (throughout life)
• ā-janma: Kala (Time adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-janman (अव्यय; उपसर्गपूर्वक-समास)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय; ‘आ’ (up to) + ‘जन्म’ (birth) = ‘from birth/throughout life’

• maraṇa-antikaiḥ: ending with death (till death)
• maraṇa-antikaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: maraṇa-antika (प्रातिपदिक; मरण + अन्तिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (Instrumental); बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying pātakaiḥ)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara) [continuation of the phalaśruti]

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kuṇḍikā (in Saṃgameśvara context)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī / Pārvatī (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands with folded hands after bathing, a faint dark aura (sins) dissolving into light; the kuṇḍa glows; a Śiva-liṅga silhouette suggests the source of grace.

Characters & Entities

• Pātaka (sin)
• Mokṣa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Māhātmya emphasizes divine grace at tīrthas as capable of cleansing even long-standing karmic impurities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The line continues the stated fruits of Kuṇḍikā snāna and Saṃgameśvara worship in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is introduced here; it summarizes the result (freedom from sins) of the prior practices.